Marchetti's Constant and the Power-Network-Intelligence Matrix of Micromobility

Oliver Bruce
Podcast
September 17, 2018

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In this episode, we look at Marchetti's constant and why commute times tendto aggregate at under 1 hour per day.*In this episode we also cover:*- How the 1 hour daily commute has been a constant across time, and howthat affects how our cities form.- What the Marchetti's constant is, and how it has driven the explosion inshared scooters and bikes.- The Segway, why it failed and what it can teach us about the emergentmicromobility phenomena.- The problems with traditional bikeshare systems, and why new layers oftechnology have helped this.- The power-network-intelligence matrix for thinking about emergent trendsin micromobility.- How networks can creatively use incentives to solve for the limitationsof the vehicles

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